72%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Arabic Scripts آسيا, آسية(Arabic) Pronounced Pron. /ˈʔaː.si.jaː/, /ˈʔaː.si.jah/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History Possibly from Arabic أسي (asy) meaning "distressed, grieved". According to Islamic tradition this was the name of the wife of the pharaoh at the time of Moses. She took care of the infant Moses and later accepted monotheism. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantAssiaOther Languages & CulturesAsja(Bosnian) Asiye(Turkish) User SubmissionAsiyə PopularityDetails Last ranked #424 in 2022 England and Wales Last ranked #281 in 2023 Netherlands Categories emotions, feelings, grief, sadness, top 10 in Tajikistan